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The Book of Leinster - Text
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The Book of Leinster - Lebor Gabala Erren Links
The Book of Leinster
Site http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/MacDatho/Leinster113b.html
Facsimile of a portion of page 113b of the Book of Leinster, published by the Royal Irish Academy House, 1880 (Dublin). This portion begins with the fourth sentence of section 15 and ends with the first sentence of section 17.

The Book of Leinster - Lebhar Laighneach
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A rather vaulable Irish manuscript produced ca. 1150. There was an earlier Book of Leinster, called the Book of Glendalough, and an even earlier Book of Leinster, which is now lost. The confusion between the two different surviving manuscripts has continued to the present day, with the Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology identifying one with the other, while the diplomatic edition distinguishes between the two. Based upon its earlier name of Lebhar Na Núachongbála, it is believed that it was produced at a monestary called Nevin, of which there were about six at this time. This has later been identified with Noughaval, near the town of Stradbally, Co. Waterford.

Táin Bó Cúalnge from the Book of Leinster
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